“To work toward justice, it is essential to understand how oppression shows up in everyday life, in each of us as individuals and within our institutions. There is a web of interchanging systems that operate in ways we see but mostly in ways we do not see. Those advantaged by these systems have an important role to play. To do so, these advantages and privileges need to be revealed and the gaps illuminated. Many well-intentioned people who want social change oftentimes perpetuate the same systems they are trying to break without even knowing it.”
[ARTICLE] TLNT: Is this Because I’m Black? A Story of Racial Discrimination – This story centers Wendy Kelly, a fellow HR professional, as she shares her lived experience with racism.
[BOOK] Nell Irvin Painter: The History of White People - Telling perhaps the most important forgotten story in American history, eminent historian Nell Irvin Painter guides us through more than two thousand years of Western civilization, illuminating not only the invention of race but also the frequent praise of whiteness for economic, scientific, and political ends.
[PODCAST] Scene on Radio: seeing white - Where did the notion of “whiteness” come from? What does it mean? What is whiteness for? Scene on Radio host and producer John Biewen took a deep dive into these questions, along with an array of leading scholars and regular guest Dr. Chenjerai Kumanyika, in this fourteen-part documentary series.
[ARTICLE] The Atlantic: A Battle Between The Two Souls of America - In this article, Ibram X. Kendi outlines how the 2020 Presidential Election has revealed that there is a divide in America between the souls of injustice and justice.
[TED TALK] What it takes to be racially literate - Over the course of a year, Priya Vulchi and Winona Guo traveled to all 50 US states, collecting personal stories about race and intersectionality. Now they're on a mission to equip every American with the tools to understand, navigate and improve a world structured by racial division. In a dynamic talk, Vulchi and Guo pair the personal stories they've collected with research and statistics to reveal two fundamental gaps in our racial literacy -- and how we can overcome them.
[BOOK] Ijeoma Oluo: So You Want to Talk about Race – Ijeoma Oluo guides readers of all races through subjects ranging from intersectionality to affirmative action in an attempt to encourage honest conversations about race and racism, and how they infect almost every aspect of American life.
[PODCAST] NPR’s Code Switch - Hosted by journalists of color, this podcast tackles the subject of race head-on. The hosts explore how it impacts every part of society — from politics and pop culture to history, sports and everything in between.
[RESEARCH] Beverly Daniel Tatum: The Complexity of Identity – “When we think about our multiple identities, most of us will find that we are both dominant and targeted at the same time. But it is the targeted identities that hold our attention and the dominant identities that often go unexamined.”
[FRAMEWORK] Bobbie Harro: The Cycle of Socialization – The Cycle of Socialization can serve as a learning tool that helps us to create an inventory of our own social identities in relation to each issue of oppression.
[FRAMEWORK] Racial Equity Tools: Glossary - Universally agreed upon language on issues relating to racism is nonexistent. Even the most frequently used words in any discussion on race can easily cause confusion, which leads to controversy and hostility. It is essential to achieve some degree of shared understanding, particularly when using the most common terms. This glossary was created to accomplish just that.
[FRAMEWORK] Kenneth Jones/Tema Okun: White Supremacy Culture - This is a list of characteristics of white supremacy culture which manifest in our organizations and antidotes to address them. Culture is powerful precisely because it is so present and at the same time difficult to name or identify.